Aims and activities
Aims and questions
Aims and activities
With a grant from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s Voice, Influence and Partnership fund, we are establishing the Local News Fund for Newry, with a start-up investment of £15,000. The Fund, which will be co-designed with a representative cross-section of the Newry community, will seek to support the local independent news ecosystem in Newry with direct funding, while rigorously protecting recipients' editorial independence.
We would like to:
- make contact and work with potential financial contributors to the Fund - funders, businesses, associations - in order to match and multiply our initial investment
- further grow the diversity of the local community with whom we will co-design the Fund between January and April 2024
We intend for this to be the first of many such funds, not only across Northern Ireland, but also the rest of the UK, building on our pilot project, which is documented in our Media Wealth Building report.
Community foundations and other place-based funders are beginning to exhibit concern about the decline of truly independent and local journalism.
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How to get involved
Please get in touch with Sameer Padania (sameer@publicinterestnews.org.uk) or Jonathan Heawood (jonathan@publicinterestnews.org.uk) to find out more, or to set up a conversation.
Who's involved
Who was involved
Who was involved
Public Interest News Foundation (lead), with initial funding provided by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
Learning and Resources
Media Wealth Building: The Report of the Local News Plans Project
See also this report from Report For America, on the emerging model of Community News Funds.
